Competence in the musculoskeletal system: Assessing the progression of knowledge through an undergraduate medical course

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1253-1260

  Basu, Subhashis ^a   Roberts, Chris ^a   Newble, David I ^a   Snaith, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical competence standards; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Educational measurement standards; England; Musculoskeletal system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMPUTERS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 8344255595     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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